Area organizations benefit from Have A Heart

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Dec 24, 2008 at 12:01 AM

The annual Stark County Association of Realtors Have A Heart Benefit, held in October at the Kent State Professional Education and Conference Center, raised nearly $21,000 to assist with area housing needs in Stark and Carroll counties, with total donations over the last 20 years reaching $829,757.

The Stark County Association of Realtors salutes this year's nine recipients and commends their work within Stark and Carroll counties.

On Dec. 11, $20,700 was distributed to the 2008 Have A Heart recipients at a reception held at the Stark County Association of Realtors facility in Canton.

Alliance Area Habitat for Humanity, Alliance for Children and Families, American Rescue Workers, Association for Better Community Development, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Stark and Carroll Counties, Hammer and Nails Inc., J.R. Coleman Community Renovation Corp., Multi-Development Services of Stark County and Project Rebuild, each received $2,300.

The Stark County Association of Realtors Charitable Foundation and Midland Title, Founding Sponsor, sponsored the benefit. The event, chaired by Stark County Association of Realtors members Rob Shardy and Scott Wyler, raises funds to distribute to organizations that address community housing issues within the jurisdiction of the Stark County Association of Realtors.

The Have A Heart Benefit was created in 1988 as a result of the Ohio Association of Realtors urging each of its local boards to sponsor projects to benefit the homeless.

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